French composer and chansonnier Paul Delmet (1862–1904) is associated with the beret through a well-known portrait of him, though he is not exclusively defined by the headwear. The image of him in a beret, with his distinctive mustache and a cigarette, has become a representative depiction of his Belle Époque and Montmartre cabaret persona.
The famous depiction is an illustration by the Swiss-born French artist Théophile Steinlen, who often chronicled Parisian life. Steinlen created the drawing for the cover of Delmet's 1897 songbook, Chansons de femmes.
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